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Holmes 440 Wrecker my take on making one

KMS

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Ive been thinking about a Wrecker build . Out to the shop to see what I can do to build a HOLMES 440 boom and wrecker bed gonna be a slow build with all thats going on with my health made one last time or just another day God has gave me to enjoy .I just spent 2 months with family living with us 6 people 4 stinky dogs step son his wife, monster in law that lives with them and 3
granddaughters 2 year old 7 year old 14 year old. Up to this point I have been just sitting watching TV and thinking about having Asbestos poisoning and How much time do I have left with my sweet wife[ CLARA ] I meet her when we were children she is the pretties girl i ever seen .
MY first thing is to reduce the size to 10 scale alot of pen and paper getting measurements close . making it out of Aluminum going to use a left over KMS winch the head of it is about done . I'm kinda open to feed back but have my design in my head and on paper ."thumbsup"
 

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It was a pain but machined out ,gonna install it on a plate that will extend to rear of chassis
 

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Got more work done on scale Wrecker with a Free spool remote KMS servo winch design. Am mocking it up to fit a SCX1Oii chassis ."thumbsup"
 

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The free spool servo winch being used was a challenge. to me to be made by a friend River Hand on my FB pg. It is a k3 free spool with remote free spool function using a Heyok wireless Remote .
 

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Made boom height adjustable."thumbsup"
 

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Looking good! Is the freespool AND the winch operation done with the wireless remote vs your truck remote or are they separate functions?
 
Heyok uses a key fob to control both winch a free spool remote "thumbsup"
 
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